On Mayim's first show as kinda-sorta permanent host, she managed to cut way back on the chuckling when telling a contestant they were correct. That was my one major complaint about her guest-hosting stint.
> On Sep 18, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Diner <bwayst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/business/media/jeopardy-mike-richards-executive-producer.html > > <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/business/media/jeopardy-mike-richards-executive-producer.html> > Meredith Vieira, the former “Today” show star, was one television personality > who was eager to try out as a guest host. But she was not offered an > audition, with the studio saying it was not interested in anyone currently > hosting another game show, according to three people familiar with the > audition process who spoke on the condition of anonymity. (Ms. Vieira hosts a > syndicated show based on a board game called “25 Words or Less.”) > > (Note that this article was posted before Richards was forced out as E.P. I > don't know if the edict came from him or the studio.) > > On Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 6:59:02 AM UTC-4 JW wrote: > > The pool of game show hosts is getting pretty shallow. Other than Carey, > > Sajak, > > and Harvey, is there anyone who does it regularly? (I don't count the hosts > > of the > > ABC reboots; that's more stunt casting.) Brooke Burns on "The Chase" isn't > > bad, > > but there just isn't the supply (Cullen, Rayburn, Kennedy, Narz, Martindale, > > Ludden, Trebek, Convy, Regis) there used to be. > > Not coincidentally, the pool of game shows is pretty shallow, too. Carey and > Harvey were known as stand-ups/actors before they got their current gigs, so > I'd call them stunt casting as well. There are no longer four game shows > debuting on network daytime every year, so there aren't slots for the new > Cullens and Kennedys. I'm not up to speed on GSN, but it sounds like they're > not developing hosts, either. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b6061138-ea7c-42e6-9b08-6d9e93ad8c08n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b6061138-ea7c-42e6-9b08-6d9e93ad8c08n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/C957D7F4-D5D1-4DF8-9978-975B83F2D767%40ellwanger.tv.
